Gerald Vizenor Quotes

The idea of victimage is a dreadful thing, a product of a safe middle-class perspective. What people who are not safe develop is a tragic wisdom, a wisdom that embraces contradiction and seeks a sense of balance rather than going to extremes.

Gerald Vizenor

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I live in Brooklyn, and there's so many interracial couples in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, you don't talk about race like that.

Jessica Williams

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Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is.

Jerry Jeff Walker

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In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

John Madden

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I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

Jean M. Auel

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Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity.

John Perry Barlow

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When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.

Sophia Amoruso

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When I was a kid, my favorite superhero was Robin Hood.

Stan Lee

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I want to make sure everyone's having a good time because when I ask you to come to my movie, I'm throwing a party for you. I want you to enjoy it.

Jon Favreau

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Not a lot of people know it, but I don't have any qualms about saying it - there's a lot of mental illness that runs in my family.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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Everyone who knows Puff knows Puff rolls with himself. His hustle is money. That's what he does.

Dawn Richard

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I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

Cher Wang

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I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish? If I can give young people something to think about, like the future, that's a better use of my time.

Arnold Palmer

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